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‘Quiz Show’ inspiration Charles Van Doren dies at 93 after decades of scorn following game show scandal

Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant…

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What is one freaking lucky guy? Jeopardy contestant wins more than $110,000 in a single day

A 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas won more than $110,000 on “Jeopardy!” on Tuesday, breaking the…

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Science nerds have a seat. This will be the coolest thing you see today – inside a black hole

Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges…

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Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard to speak at USM

The man best known for discovering the famed and ill-fated British passenger liner RMS Titanic will be the…

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Medical school dream no longer haunts groundbreaking Mississippi Choctaw

JACKSON, Miss. – On the day Christina Wallace said goodbye to her friends at the Choctaw Health Center,…

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Mississippi mansion gets its namesakes restored 90 years after fire

After spending nearly 12 years explaining to tourists why her Mississippi mansion with no towers was called The…

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Body found in home of man who was an original Mouseketeer

A body has been found in the Oregon home of Dennis Day, an original member of Disney’s “The…

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Young Mississippi musician forges own path in music

By the age of 4, Chance Stanley could sing every line from “Jailhouse Rock.” He doesn’t remember where…

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Creator of first paint-by-numbers pictures dies

Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American…

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Felder Rushing: You don’t need to know Zodiac to have gardening success

Glad I didn’t plant my tomatoes last week. That not-so-surprisingly late spate of “blackberry winter” happens nearly every…